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The effects of an online mindfulness intervention on emotion regulation upon autobiographical memory retrieval in depression remission : a pilot randomized controlled trial

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17/09/2022
Author
Isham, Aleksandra E.
del Palacio-Gonzalez, Adriana
Dritschel, Barbara
Keywords
Remitted depression
Autobiographical memory, emotion regulation
MBSR
RCT
BF Psychology
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Objectives Maladaptive emotional processing of autobiographical memories is a key feature of depression that may persist during depressive remission. The primary objective of the present study was to assess the effects of an online mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention on emotion regulation upon everyday autobiographical memory retrieval in individuals with remitted depression. Methods We conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial in which students (76.4% female; mean age 22.26) with remitted depression were allocated to an 8-week online MBSR program (n = 28) or a waitlist-control condition (n = 27). The primary outcome was self-reported employment of five emotion regulation strategies and non-reactivity upon everyday retrieval of involuntary and voluntary autobiographical memories recorded in a memory diary and was measured at baseline and approximately 11 weeks postrandomization. Intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) analyses were performed. Results Participants in the MBSR condition showed increases in non-reactivity irrespective of memory retrieval mode (ITT: d = 1.04, p = .010; PP: d = 1.58, p = .015), and increased use of cognitive reappraisal in response to involuntary memories (ITT: d = 0.41, p = .051; PP: d =  − 0.62, p = .032) compared to the waitlist-control condition. Analyses of secondary outcomes showed additional effects for trait mindfulness and trait cognitive reappraisal, as well as depression symptoms and trait thought suppression. Conclusion These results provide preliminary evidence for the utility of using an online mindfulness program for improving emotion regulation upon autobiographical memory retrieval during depression remission.
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Isham , A E , del Palacio-Gonzalez , A & Dritschel , B 2022 , ' The effects of an online mindfulness intervention on emotion regulation upon autobiographical memory retrieval in depression remission : a pilot randomized controlled trial ' , Mindfulness , vol. First Online . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01983-8
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Mindfulness
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01983-8
ISSN
1868-8527
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/26142

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